Into the Abyss is the story of a triple homicide committed in Conroe, Texas on October 24th 2001, perpetrated by Michael Perry (18 years old) and Jason Burkett (19 years old). It was originally an episode in the four part television mini-series Werner Herzog directed called On Death Row airing on Discovery I.D. channel.
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DOCUMENTARY ROUNDUP – March 2012

Fourteen daring new documentaries have landed on our shelves this month, let’s take a look at all the latest new arrivals:
Read MoreDOCUMENTARY ROUNDUP – February 2012
We have a rich and varied batch of non-fiction new releases for you this month, take a look at the list below to find out more about all sixteen of February’s new arrivals:
Read MoreDOCUMENTARY ROUNDUP – January 2012
Lots of docs to recommend this month! Take a look through the list below to find out more about our latest documentary releases:
Read MoreI AM – Reviewed by Will
The much-anticipated documentary I Am is the brainchild of Tom Shadyac, the director of a number of successful Hollywood comedies including Ace Ventura, Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty, and The Nutty Professor. This new feel-good movie follows him on his quest as he asks a variety of learned people two questions: What’s wrong with the world? [...]
Read MoreDOCUMENTARY ROUNDUP – December 2011
We’ve got eight non-fiction new arrivals for you — and they’re all definitely worth a look! Check out the list below to find out more about this month’s new documentary releases:
Read MoreCAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS – Reviewed by Will
Two things I love about Werner Herzog: first, he is profoundly and candidly curious about the world; second, he is profoundly and candidly eccentric when he expresses his curiosity. Some documentarians sit quietly as they behold their subjects, seemingly keen to avoid imprinting them with their own agenda (which is nigh impossible in any case). [...]
Read MoreDOCUMENTARY ROUNDUP – November 2011
All the latest non-fiction films are right here — and this month there are some great picks to choose from!
Read MoreTABLOID – Reviewed by Noah
Errol Morris has done it again. The documentary filmmaker behind The Fog of War and The Thin Blue Line has brought you another mind-boggling story that will both entertain, and possibly disturb.
Read MoreMAGIC TRIP – Reviewed by Portnoy “Lakes of Killarny” Compliant
In 1964 Ken Kesey, writer of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Sometimes A Great Notion, rounded up willing friends, painted a bus in the day-glo emergent fashion knocking at the country’s door, and crossed America, west to east, to attend the New York World’s Fair. Along the way, they took psychoactive substances, were [...]
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